Radio Spins its Web: The Beginnings of America’s Radio Broadcasting Networks
By John Schneider W9FGH
In the beginning of broadcasting, it quickly became apparent that some programs needed to originate from outside the radio studio. Throughout the 1920s competing interests and fragile alliances gradually brought about national networks.
The Brief and Brilliant Life of A. H. Grebe
By Dr. Scott A. Caldwell
That A. H. Grebe was a perfectionist was obvious from the products his company produced. As a radio engineer, inventor, manufacturer, and entrepreneur who owned two radio stations in the New York metro area, operated remote broadcast facilities on land and water, a shortwave station, and was one of the earliest amateur operators—there were few who were his equal.
Juniors, Seniors and Master: RCA’s VoltOhmysts of the Vacuum Tube Era
By Rich Post KB8TAD
The rapidly developing era of radio manufacturing called for equally developing service equipment to keep those radios working. In 1938 John F. Rider and his chief engineer, Jack Akins, came up with a circuit for a high impedance vacuum tube voltmeter (VTVM) that would largely set the standard for the rest of the service-type VTVMs of the era. Rich takes a look at the evolution of these devices.
Ham Radio Wars: AM vs. SSB: How Single Sideband Changed Amateur Communications
By Mark Haverstock K8MSH
In the 1950s, when experimenters discovered that, by removing part of the AM signal, they could transmit farther, cleaner and more efficiently, chatter on the hams bands would forever change—but not without some persistent resistance. Mark traces the slow acceptance of single sideband transmissions.
Eastern European Radio Tales Part 1: By Bus to Brno and Belgrade
By Chrissy Brand
This month Chrissy reports on her travels by bus to Brno, in Czechia, formerly part of Czechoslovakia, and Belgrade, in Serbia, formerly part of Yugoslavia. Her experiences included a stop at the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade, where she found herself surrounded by examples of his genius.
The UK Shipping Forecast as a Radio Landmark
By Georg Wiessala
Universally, the first thing that occurred to the developers of radio technology was to apply the technology to the dissemination of weather to ships at sea. The UK, being surrounded by water, instituted the Shipping Forecast over 100 years ago and has been celebrating that fact ever since.
Restoration and Remodeling of a Viking I Transmitter
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
There are those of us who enjoy the wider fidelity audio and slower pacing of QSOs that are associated with AM modulation. At his local amateur radio club, he finds a ham restoring a vintage Viking 1 AM transmitter and provides some valuable tips on restoration and encourages others to revive these old but still valuable rigs.
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
Paulding County, Georgia
Federal Wavelengths
By Chris Parris
December Round-up
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
2025 Year End Wrap-up
Shortwave Utility Logs
By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman
The World of Shortwave Listening
By Rob Wagner VK3BVW
The Changing Korean Broadcasting Landscape
The Shortwave Listener
By Fred Waterer
Shortwave Holiday Listening
European Radio Scene
By Georg Wiessala
Beautiful and Informative: Data Cards from Radio Magazines
Bits and Bytes
By Gayle Van Horn W4GVH
Tuning into the Season: Radio’s Warmest Time of the Year
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
Scanning the Bands with Various Antennas; The Case of the Missing Rotators
Amateur Radio Satellites
By Keith Baker KB1SF/VA3KSF
Antennas for Satellite Work
Adventures in Radio Restoration
By Rich Post KB8TAD
The Scarce Gonset G-33 Receiver
Kits and Kit-Building
By Joe Eisenberg K0NEB
A Visit to a QRP Kit Builder’s Paradise: Pacificon Brings Kit Fun
Amateur Radio Insights
By Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z
Antenna Launchers and Adulting
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch N6CL
Geminids Plus Cycle 25’s Extended Max: A Winning Combination for December VHF